On August 15 2015 we published an article headlined “Labour front-runner Jeremy Corbyn branded anti-Semite”.

The article said that Labour MP Ivan Lewis had written an article on the Labour List website which claimed Jeremy Corbyn was an anti-Semite.

In fact Mr Lewis had written an article for the New Statesman website.

In that article Mr Lewis explained why, from the four Labour contenders for the leadership of the party, the only candidate he would not vote for was Corbyn.

Part of his reasoning was based upon Mr Corbyn’s “expressing support for and failing to speak out against people who have engaged not in legitimate criticism of Israeli governments but anti-Semitic rhetoric.” It was therefore misleading to claim Mr Lewis had described Mr Corbyn as anti-Semitic.

We are happy to set the record straight.

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